Digital Child
@digitalchildau.bsky.social
Supporting children growing up in a digital world. Find out more at digitalchild.org.au
Hey Brisbane!
Join us next Tuesday for a FREE Stay and Play storytelling session! 🎨📚
Bring your little storytellers along for an afternoon of creativity, imagination, and family fun at the Digital Stories Competition Launch. ✨
Join us next Tuesday for a FREE Stay and Play storytelling session! 🎨📚
Bring your little storytellers along for an afternoon of creativity, imagination, and family fun at the Digital Stories Competition Launch. ✨
📚 Digital Stories Competition - Book Launch
Join us for the Digital Stories Competition Launch, a special event celebrating creativity, storytelling, and collaboration across our Digital Child community.
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November 10, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Hey Brisbane!
Join us next Tuesday for a FREE Stay and Play storytelling session! 🎨📚
Bring your little storytellers along for an afternoon of creativity, imagination, and family fun at the Digital Stories Competition Launch. ✨
Join us next Tuesday for a FREE Stay and Play storytelling session! 🎨📚
Bring your little storytellers along for an afternoon of creativity, imagination, and family fun at the Digital Stories Competition Launch. ✨
This fascinating project explores how children play, imagine, and create across generations.
📘Read International Perspectives – Playing the Archive by Professor John Potter on the Digital Child blog:
🔗https://digitalchild.org.au/playing-the-archive-from-the-opies-to-the-digital-playground/
📘Read International Perspectives – Playing the Archive by Professor John Potter on the Digital Child blog:
🔗https://digitalchild.org.au/playing-the-archive-from-the-opies-to-the-digital-playground/
November 4, 2025 at 11:53 PM
This fascinating project explores how children play, imagine, and create across generations.
📘Read International Perspectives – Playing the Archive by Professor John Potter on the Digital Child blog:
🔗https://digitalchild.org.au/playing-the-archive-from-the-opies-to-the-digital-playground/
📘Read International Perspectives – Playing the Archive by Professor John Potter on the Digital Child blog:
🔗https://digitalchild.org.au/playing-the-archive-from-the-opies-to-the-digital-playground/
👩👧💻 Want to help your little one learn about the digital world — safely and playfully?
Join our free in-person Parent–Child Workshops, hosted by QUT and UOW researchers!
📍 This Thursday in Wollongong
📍 This Saturday in Brisbane
Register here 👉 : uow.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Join our free in-person Parent–Child Workshops, hosted by QUT and UOW researchers!
📍 This Thursday in Wollongong
📍 This Saturday in Brisbane
Register here 👉 : uow.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
November 3, 2025 at 4:08 AM
👩👧💻 Want to help your little one learn about the digital world — safely and playfully?
Join our free in-person Parent–Child Workshops, hosted by QUT and UOW researchers!
📍 This Thursday in Wollongong
📍 This Saturday in Brisbane
Register here 👉 : uow.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Join our free in-person Parent–Child Workshops, hosted by QUT and UOW researchers!
📍 This Thursday in Wollongong
📍 This Saturday in Brisbane
Register here 👉 : uow.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Join us for a Stay and Play storytelling session in Brisbane! 🎨📚 Bring your little storytellers along for an afternoon of creativity
📅 Tuesday, 18 November 2025
📍 CTC, QUT Kelvin Grove – E Block, Room 420
🎟️ Please register via Humanitix here: events.humanitix.com/digital-stor...
📅 Tuesday, 18 November 2025
📍 CTC, QUT Kelvin Grove – E Block, Room 420
🎟️ Please register via Humanitix here: events.humanitix.com/digital-stor...
November 3, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Join us for a Stay and Play storytelling session in Brisbane! 🎨📚 Bring your little storytellers along for an afternoon of creativity
📅 Tuesday, 18 November 2025
📍 CTC, QUT Kelvin Grove – E Block, Room 420
🎟️ Please register via Humanitix here: events.humanitix.com/digital-stor...
📅 Tuesday, 18 November 2025
📍 CTC, QUT Kelvin Grove – E Block, Room 420
🎟️ Please register via Humanitix here: events.humanitix.com/digital-stor...
🌟 Children's Rights in Action | Networking & Conversations 🌟
📅 Event details
Date: Thursday 13th November
Time: 4:15pm – 6:00pm
📍 Location: Children’s Technology Centre, Level 4 E Block, QUT Kelvin Grove or Online 💻
🔗 Register here: events.humanitix.com/children-s-r...
📅 Event details
Date: Thursday 13th November
Time: 4:15pm – 6:00pm
📍 Location: Children’s Technology Centre, Level 4 E Block, QUT Kelvin Grove or Online 💻
🔗 Register here: events.humanitix.com/children-s-r...
Children’s Rights in Action
To celebrate Children's Week 2025, join us (online or in-person) for an afternoon of networking and conversations on children’s rights in early learning.
events.humanitix.com
October 30, 2025 at 10:40 PM
🌟 Children's Rights in Action | Networking & Conversations 🌟
📅 Event details
Date: Thursday 13th November
Time: 4:15pm – 6:00pm
📍 Location: Children’s Technology Centre, Level 4 E Block, QUT Kelvin Grove or Online 💻
🔗 Register here: events.humanitix.com/children-s-r...
📅 Event details
Date: Thursday 13th November
Time: 4:15pm – 6:00pm
📍 Location: Children’s Technology Centre, Level 4 E Block, QUT Kelvin Grove or Online 💻
🔗 Register here: events.humanitix.com/children-s-r...
✨ Thank you to everyone who joined us for our event on “AI and Children: Friend or Foe?”
📘 Explore more: Download the report Children and Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) in Australia to learn about the key challenges of GenAI
👉 digitalchild.org.au/artificialin...
📘 Explore more: Download the report Children and Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) in Australia to learn about the key challenges of GenAI
👉 digitalchild.org.au/artificialin...
October 30, 2025 at 3:43 AM
✨ Thank you to everyone who joined us for our event on “AI and Children: Friend or Foe?”
📘 Explore more: Download the report Children and Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) in Australia to learn about the key challenges of GenAI
👉 digitalchild.org.au/artificialin...
📘 Explore more: Download the report Children and Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) in Australia to learn about the key challenges of GenAI
👉 digitalchild.org.au/artificialin...
📢 Call for Papers!
AJEC invites abstracts for a special issue on children’s perspectives in their digital childhoods 🌍💻
📅 Abstracts due: Fri, 31 Oct 2025
📧 s.danby@qut.edu.au Susan Danby, | i.silva@qut.edu.au Irina Silva
AJEC invites abstracts for a special issue on children’s perspectives in their digital childhoods 🌍💻
📅 Abstracts due: Fri, 31 Oct 2025
📧 s.danby@qut.edu.au Susan Danby, | i.silva@qut.edu.au Irina Silva
October 29, 2025 at 4:51 AM
📢 Call for Papers!
AJEC invites abstracts for a special issue on children’s perspectives in their digital childhoods 🌍💻
📅 Abstracts due: Fri, 31 Oct 2025
📧 s.danby@qut.edu.au Susan Danby, | i.silva@qut.edu.au Irina Silva
AJEC invites abstracts for a special issue on children’s perspectives in their digital childhoods 🌍💻
📅 Abstracts due: Fri, 31 Oct 2025
📧 s.danby@qut.edu.au Susan Danby, | i.silva@qut.edu.au Irina Silva
👩👧💻 Want to help your little one learn about the digital world — safely and playfully?
Join our free in-person Parent–Child Workshops hosted by QUT and UOW researchers!
📍 In-person workshops in Brisbane and Wollongong
⚡ Limited spots available — register now: uow.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Join our free in-person Parent–Child Workshops hosted by QUT and UOW researchers!
📍 In-person workshops in Brisbane and Wollongong
⚡ Limited spots available — register now: uow.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
October 27, 2025 at 5:54 AM
👩👧💻 Want to help your little one learn about the digital world — safely and playfully?
Join our free in-person Parent–Child Workshops hosted by QUT and UOW researchers!
📍 In-person workshops in Brisbane and Wollongong
⚡ Limited spots available — register now: uow.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Join our free in-person Parent–Child Workshops hosted by QUT and UOW researchers!
📍 In-person workshops in Brisbane and Wollongong
⚡ Limited spots available — register now: uow.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
This week’s podcast episode dives into one of the most important topics for families, educators and researchers.
The Digital Media Research Centre is looking forward to our 2026 Summer School! To get in the spirit, this week's podcast episode is a recording of a panel from this year, discussing the upcoming children's social media ban.
Episode 34: Responding to the children's social media ban controversy (DMRC Summer School Panel)
Read Them Sideways · Episode
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October 27, 2025 at 5:52 AM
This week’s podcast episode dives into one of the most important topics for families, educators and researchers.
The Digital Child has responded to the Productivity Commission’s inquiry on Harnessing Data and Digital Technology.
Read more about how we’re advocating for children’s digital rights here: digitalchild.org.au/research/pub...
Read more about how we’re advocating for children’s digital rights here: digitalchild.org.au/research/pub...
October 27, 2025 at 3:49 AM
The Digital Child has responded to the Productivity Commission’s inquiry on Harnessing Data and Digital Technology.
Read more about how we’re advocating for children’s digital rights here: digitalchild.org.au/research/pub...
Read more about how we’re advocating for children’s digital rights here: digitalchild.org.au/research/pub...
🤖 AI for Kids: Friend or Foe?
What are experts saying about how AI is shaping childhood? Don’t miss this important conversation — join us Tue, 28 Oct at the State Library of Queensland or online.
🎟️ Free tickets: lnkd.in/gzWD4p_n
What are experts saying about how AI is shaping childhood? Don’t miss this important conversation — join us Tue, 28 Oct at the State Library of Queensland or online.
🎟️ Free tickets: lnkd.in/gzWD4p_n
October 23, 2025 at 3:44 AM
🤖 AI for Kids: Friend or Foe?
What are experts saying about how AI is shaping childhood? Don’t miss this important conversation — join us Tue, 28 Oct at the State Library of Queensland or online.
🎟️ Free tickets: lnkd.in/gzWD4p_n
What are experts saying about how AI is shaping childhood? Don’t miss this important conversation — join us Tue, 28 Oct at the State Library of Queensland or online.
🎟️ Free tickets: lnkd.in/gzWD4p_n
Want to learn in a fun, hands-on way with your kids about the digital world?
Workshops available in Wollongong and Brisbane
🗓️ Details on dates and times below
⚡ Limited spots available — share with anyone who might be interested in learning!
🔗 Register here: uow.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Workshops available in Wollongong and Brisbane
🗓️ Details on dates and times below
⚡ Limited spots available — share with anyone who might be interested in learning!
🔗 Register here: uow.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
October 20, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Want to learn in a fun, hands-on way with your kids about the digital world?
Workshops available in Wollongong and Brisbane
🗓️ Details on dates and times below
⚡ Limited spots available — share with anyone who might be interested in learning!
🔗 Register here: uow.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Workshops available in Wollongong and Brisbane
🗓️ Details on dates and times below
⚡ Limited spots available — share with anyone who might be interested in learning!
🔗 Register here: uow.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Thousands of families across Australia have contributed to the ACODA study to help us understand the impact of technology use on young children.
October 20, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Thousands of families across Australia have contributed to the ACODA study to help us understand the impact of technology use on young children.
🌐 How did the World Wide Web transform childhood across different cultures?
In this fascinating read, Helle Strandgaard Jensen explores how the early internet (1995–2005) shaped children’s lives in Denmark, South Korea, and the U.S.
📖 Read the full article here: digitalchild.org.au/how-did-it-a...
In this fascinating read, Helle Strandgaard Jensen explores how the early internet (1995–2005) shaped children’s lives in Denmark, South Korea, and the U.S.
📖 Read the full article here: digitalchild.org.au/how-did-it-a...
October 16, 2025 at 2:38 AM
🌐 How did the World Wide Web transform childhood across different cultures?
In this fascinating read, Helle Strandgaard Jensen explores how the early internet (1995–2005) shaped children’s lives in Denmark, South Korea, and the U.S.
📖 Read the full article here: digitalchild.org.au/how-did-it-a...
In this fascinating read, Helle Strandgaard Jensen explores how the early internet (1995–2005) shaped children’s lives in Denmark, South Korea, and the U.S.
📖 Read the full article here: digitalchild.org.au/how-did-it-a...
🩷 Parents and children – we want to hear from you!
We’re looking for parents and children aged 5–12 years to share their thoughts on social media.
📲 Participate here: qsurvey.qut.edu.au/jfe/form/SV_...
For more information, contact: kristy.corser@qut.edu.au
We’re looking for parents and children aged 5–12 years to share their thoughts on social media.
📲 Participate here: qsurvey.qut.edu.au/jfe/form/SV_...
For more information, contact: kristy.corser@qut.edu.au
October 16, 2025 at 1:00 AM
🩷 Parents and children – we want to hear from you!
We’re looking for parents and children aged 5–12 years to share their thoughts on social media.
📲 Participate here: qsurvey.qut.edu.au/jfe/form/SV_...
For more information, contact: kristy.corser@qut.edu.au
We’re looking for parents and children aged 5–12 years to share their thoughts on social media.
📲 Participate here: qsurvey.qut.edu.au/jfe/form/SV_...
For more information, contact: kristy.corser@qut.edu.au
👨👩👧👦 Parent–Child Digital Literacy Workshops
Wollongong:📍 UoW Discovery Space (Thursdays, 10–11am)
Brisbane:📍 QUT Children’s Technology Centre (Saturdays, 9:30–10:30am)
Register here: uow.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Wollongong:📍 UoW Discovery Space (Thursdays, 10–11am)
Brisbane:📍 QUT Children’s Technology Centre (Saturdays, 9:30–10:30am)
Register here: uow.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
October 13, 2025 at 6:01 AM
👨👩👧👦 Parent–Child Digital Literacy Workshops
Wollongong:📍 UoW Discovery Space (Thursdays, 10–11am)
Brisbane:📍 QUT Children’s Technology Centre (Saturdays, 9:30–10:30am)
Register here: uow.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Wollongong:📍 UoW Discovery Space (Thursdays, 10–11am)
Brisbane:📍 QUT Children’s Technology Centre (Saturdays, 9:30–10:30am)
Register here: uow.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Wonderful time in Perth for the ECA National Conference 2025 — great chats with different organisations and partners, all working together for a better digital future for every child. 🌟
October 13, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Wonderful time in Perth for the ECA National Conference 2025 — great chats with different organisations and partners, all working together for a better digital future for every child. 🌟
From Beijing to the world — how are parents making digital decisions for their children?
Read The Chinese approach to digital parenting: The Mum Jury experiment in Beijing by Jian Xu and Andy Zhao (Deakin University).
🔗 Available now: digitalchild.org.au/the-mum-jury...
Read The Chinese approach to digital parenting: The Mum Jury experiment in Beijing by Jian Xu and Andy Zhao (Deakin University).
🔗 Available now: digitalchild.org.au/the-mum-jury...
October 10, 2025 at 1:07 AM
From Beijing to the world — how are parents making digital decisions for their children?
Read The Chinese approach to digital parenting: The Mum Jury experiment in Beijing by Jian Xu and Andy Zhao (Deakin University).
🔗 Available now: digitalchild.org.au/the-mum-jury...
Read The Chinese approach to digital parenting: The Mum Jury experiment in Beijing by Jian Xu and Andy Zhao (Deakin University).
🔗 Available now: digitalchild.org.au/the-mum-jury...
📢 New report out now!
The ARC Centre of Excellence for the Digital Child has released a new report synthesising discussions from our second Digital Childhoods Summit in Canberra (June 2025).
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
The ARC Centre of Excellence for the Digital Child has released a new report synthesising discussions from our second Digital Childhoods Summit in Canberra (June 2025).
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
October 8, 2025 at 3:16 AM
📢 New report out now!
The ARC Centre of Excellence for the Digital Child has released a new report synthesising discussions from our second Digital Childhoods Summit in Canberra (June 2025).
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
The ARC Centre of Excellence for the Digital Child has released a new report synthesising discussions from our second Digital Childhoods Summit in Canberra (June 2025).
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
Our researchers from the Centre of Excellence for the Digital Child are running a fun and interactive Digital Citizenship Workshop Series 🎮✨.
⭐ Create and play together with digital tools
⭐ Co-create alongside researchers
⭐ Reflect on how to support your child’s digital experiences
⭐ Create and play together with digital tools
⭐ Co-create alongside researchers
⭐ Reflect on how to support your child’s digital experiences
October 3, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Our researchers from the Centre of Excellence for the Digital Child are running a fun and interactive Digital Citizenship Workshop Series 🎮✨.
⭐ Create and play together with digital tools
⭐ Co-create alongside researchers
⭐ Reflect on how to support your child’s digital experiences
⭐ Create and play together with digital tools
⭐ Co-create alongside researchers
⭐ Reflect on how to support your child’s digital experiences
Our Chief Investigator, Professor Julian Sefton-Green, has been appointed to the expert group evaluating the consequences of Australia’s social media minimum age policy 📱👧👦.
The evaluation, led by Stanford Social Media Lab, brings together 11 global and Australian experts to examine the impacts.
The evaluation, led by Stanford Social Media Lab, brings together 11 global and Australian experts to examine the impacts.
Digital Child Chief Investigator joins group evaluating Australia's social media minimum age policy - Digital Child
Digital Child Chief Investigator Professor Julian Sefton-Green has been named as one of the experts who will help evaluate the consequences of Australia’s social media minimum age policy. The evaluat...
digitalchild.org.au
October 2, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Our Chief Investigator, Professor Julian Sefton-Green, has been appointed to the expert group evaluating the consequences of Australia’s social media minimum age policy 📱👧👦.
The evaluation, led by Stanford Social Media Lab, brings together 11 global and Australian experts to examine the impacts.
The evaluation, led by Stanford Social Media Lab, brings together 11 global and Australian experts to examine the impacts.
✨ This week’s must-reads from our researchers ✨
Swipe 👉 to explore the latest insights shaping children’s digital worlds.
Here are the picks ⬇️
Swipe 👉 to explore the latest insights shaping children’s digital worlds.
Here are the picks ⬇️
September 29, 2025 at 3:03 AM
✨ This week’s must-reads from our researchers ✨
Swipe 👉 to explore the latest insights shaping children’s digital worlds.
Here are the picks ⬇️
Swipe 👉 to explore the latest insights shaping children’s digital worlds.
Here are the picks ⬇️
👋 Hey everyone, we’re still looking for families in Australia with children in primary school or Year 7 to take part in a Deakin University study.
👉 Register your interest here: researchsurveys.deakin.edu.au/jfe/form/SV_...
👉 Register your interest here: researchsurveys.deakin.edu.au/jfe/form/SV_...
September 24, 2025 at 12:31 AM
👋 Hey everyone, we’re still looking for families in Australia with children in primary school or Year 7 to take part in a Deakin University study.
👉 Register your interest here: researchsurveys.deakin.edu.au/jfe/form/SV_...
👉 Register your interest here: researchsurveys.deakin.edu.au/jfe/form/SV_...
Our researchers are being featured in podcasts and media exploring children’s digital lives
Govt Social Media Crackdown Won’t Work shorturl.at/doBot
Persuasive App Design
shorturl.at/N47XA
Play in a Digital World shorturl.at/etfBL
Govt Social Media Crackdown Won’t Work shorturl.at/doBot
Persuasive App Design
shorturl.at/N47XA
Play in a Digital World shorturl.at/etfBL
September 22, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Our researchers are being featured in podcasts and media exploring children’s digital lives
Govt Social Media Crackdown Won’t Work shorturl.at/doBot
Persuasive App Design
shorturl.at/N47XA
Play in a Digital World shorturl.at/etfBL
Govt Social Media Crackdown Won’t Work shorturl.at/doBot
Persuasive App Design
shorturl.at/N47XA
Play in a Digital World shorturl.at/etfBL
A big thank you to our pre-service teachers who joined us for a STEM Stay and Play session as part of the Early Childhood Science Education unit 🌱🔬✨ It was wonderful to see hands-on exploration and playful learning in action!
September 18, 2025 at 3:47 AM
A big thank you to our pre-service teachers who joined us for a STEM Stay and Play session as part of the Early Childhood Science Education unit 🌱🔬✨ It was wonderful to see hands-on exploration and playful learning in action!